The PFJ market will now sell yam and cocoyam, according to the Agric Ministry.

He went on to say that the minister’s decision to launch the pilot market in the ministry’s forecourt and the Efua Sutherland Park in Accra was influenced by the oversupply in the Western North.

One hundred yam tubers were sold for GHS600.00, the man claimed, when the minister continued his tour to the Oti Region.

According to him, the minister decided to transport some of these food products to urban regions and make them available to the Civil and Local Government Service employees after hearing about these revelations.

He admitted that barriers along the highways leading from the farm gate frequently drive up the price of food in urban areas.

For his part, Mr. Edwin Kweku Andoh Baffour, Communications Director of Food Sovereignty Ghana, praised the Ministry for providing some of these foods to the impoverished people.

He claimed that “the ministry is tackling an issue,” but he questioned how long the effort would last.

He criticised the government for failing to build the necessary infrastructure in the countryside to allow people to freely transport goods to urban areas.

He claimed that the high cost of food in metropolitan areas was due to a lack of infrastructure.

He clarified that the high cost of food in metropolitan areas is a result of some road infrastructure at the farm gate.